When people decide to relocate to Western North Carolina, they also makethe decision to purchase a pre-existing home or build a custom home. Ifyou are looking to purchase land and build your dream home here are some greatmagazines that will inspire you with endless possibilities and ideas!

Custom Wood HomesMagazine is targeted to the affluent log home and timber frame home buyer. Each issue is packed with design and decor ideas, interior and exterior photographs, room-by-room photographs of completed homes, practical construction information, multiple floor plans, an extensive builder and dealer directory, and a product services directory.Log Homes Illustrated spotlights the best contemporary log homes, using extensive photography to focus on design and decor as a source of ideas and inspiration. The magazine depicts the log-home lifestyle and offers practical advice to readers who aspire to live the dream themselves. Plus — each issue is loaded with FREE floor plans.

Timber Homes Illustrated, the #1 selling timber home magazine in North America, is a complete architectural guide to classic wood homes. Whether you are considering buying your first timber frame home or looking for decorating or remodeling ideas for your present home, Timber Homes Illustrated will help your dream become a reality.Country's Best Log Homes magazine can help you fulfill your dream of living in a log home by providing you with all the information you need to properly design, buy, build, maintain and decorate your dream log home. Each issue is filled with informative feature articles, helpful columns, beautiful color photography and tons of floorplans!

If you plan on visiting the Cashiers, Highlands N.C. area and want to include looking for your luxury mountain retreat, rustic log cabin or perfect mountain view lot to build your dream home, then we have a special promotion for you!

A hallmark of service and hospitality, the Old Edwards Inn & Spa has been welcoming visitors to the Highlands area for more than a century. And now, we would like to help welcome you to Highlands, NC by hosting our clients in a warm, friendly environment of relaxed elegance during your stay.

With our referral, The Old Edwards Inn will offer our clients a 30% discount off our Rack Rates during the months of November through April, and a 20% discount throughout the rest of the year, along with a special welcome amenity.

You will stay in their luxury guestrooms, and may choose to dine in the award winningMadison ’s restaurant, unwind to live music in Hummingbirds Piano Bar and Lounge or enjoy cocktails and alfresco dining in the Wine Garden. Enjoy the convenience of a full-service onsite salon and choose to indulge in the world-class European Spa.

All guests are treated to theOld Edwards tradition of a Champagne arrival, gourmet House Breakfast each morning, evening turndown service, access to the Fitness Center and Spa Amenities Building , a 24-hour Butler's Pantry and the attentive service of our gracious staff.Room bookings are subject to availability, and the offer is valid until April 30, 2010.

For more information, and to request a tour of our beautiful mountain community in Western North Carolina, please call us at 828.226-8837 or email: rae@carolinapg.com

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Did You Know?

THE SMALLEST POST OFFICE AND HIGHEST WATERFALL Near Cashiers, within a few miles of each other, are the following landmarks: the smallest Post Office in the United States (1903-53), the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi River (Whitewater Falls, 411 feet) and the highest sheer rock mountain face east of the Mississippi (Whiteside Mountain, 4,930 feet).

Closest Airports to Cashiers, Highlands, Lake Glenville, NC

Cashiers, the way life should be

This handcarved sign found at the local antique shop in Cashiers, NC says it all!

Did you know?

Blue Ridge Mountains Eastern ranges of the Appalachian Mountain System, extending from southeastern Pennsylvania to Northern Georgia. In North Carolina, the Blue Ridge forms the Eastern section of a mountain chain over 75 miles wide. Other parts of this chain include the Black Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. The name comes from the blue tone of the forested slopes when seen at a distance.

Did you know?
Cashiers was settled in 1835 by John Zachary and family. The area was known as Cashiers Valley until 1881, when the name was shortened just to Cashiers. The Zachary family still lives in the area.